Arkansas Highlights
Read MoreGreers Ferry Damn, Greer's Ferry Lake -
Dedicated in 1963 by the late President John F. Kennedy. Over 30,000 acres of open water and one of the best recreational areas in middle America
Greers Ferry Dam is located on the Little Red River at river mile 79.0, three miles northeast of Heber Springs, Arkansas. There are 1,146 square miles of drainage area above the dam.Little Rock Central High School. 1500 Park Street - Little Rock, AR
Nine African-American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, were denied entrance to the school in defiance of the 1954 U.S. Supreme Court ruling ordering integration of public schools. This provoked a showdown between the Governor Orval Faubus and President Dwight D. Eisenhower that gained international attention.
Ernest Green (b. 1941), Elizabeth Eckford (b. 1941), Jefferson Thomas (b. 1942), Terrence Roberts (b. 1941), Carlotta Walls LaNier (b. 1942), Minnijean Brown (b. 1941), Gloria Ray Karlmark (b. 1942), Thelma Mothershed (b. 1940), and Melba Beals (b. 1941). Ernest Green was the first African American to graduate from Central High School.Daisy BatesLittle Rock NineAmerican Civil Rights Movementforced school desegregationLittle Rock Integration Crisis of 1957
"Nestled in a woodland setting, Thorncrown Chapel rises forty-eight feet into the Ozark sky. This magnificent wooden structure contains 425 windows and over 6,000 square feet of glass. It sits atop over 100 tons of native stone and colored flagstone. The chapel's simple design and majestic beauty combine to make it what critics have called "one of the finest religious spaces of modern times."
Thorncrown Chapel - Designed and built by E. Fay Jones in 1979-1980. Jones studied under the great architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. More can be found, about the chapel, here
Thorncrown Chapel - Designed and built by E. Fay Jones in 1979-1980. Jones studied under the great architect, Frank Lloyd Wright. More can be found, about the chapel, here
South of Artist Point on highway 71 in the Boston Mountains.
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Elkhorn Tavern - Pea Ridge AR
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Facing away from the Elkhorn Tavern
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A line of authentic civil war canons sitting on the prairie of Pea Ridge
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Pea Ridge Civil War Battlefield - east overlook
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A line of split rail fence seperating the prairie of Pea Ridge arkansas from part of the forested areas
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Inspiration Point just west of Eurkea Springs Arkansas - overlooks the White River.
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